Off The Chain

Rick Powell lives in Oak Forest, Illinois with his son, Brad. He is a lover of horror and dark fiction and his poetry and stories have appeared in Radical Dislocations, Wah Lum's Library, Satan's Holiday, Welcome To Your Nightmare, Blessings from the Darkness, The Nightmare Engine, Dark Eclipse Magazine, Shadows & Light Magazine, Twisted Dreams Magazine, Cthulhu Haiku II, Temporary Skeletons, Don't Look Back: 13 Terrifying Tales of Urban Folklore, The Ladies & Gentlemen of Horror 2014, Infernal Ink Magazine, Toys in the Attic, Cherry Nose Armageddon, and others. All the proceeds from his first book of poetry, 'My Soul Stained, My Seed Sour', will go to The American Heart Association. In 2016, he published his follow up book of poetry titled, More Regrets Than Glories.  He could be found on Goodreads at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8442207.Rick_Powell or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tenebraerick

JP Cawood has developed television series & pilots for Syfy Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Destination America, History Channel, Lifetime Movie Network, and Pivot/Participant. Now telling stories through books, JP writes science fiction/fantasy because the future is now and imagination is the key that unlocks all great mysteries. As a lifelong student of the mystical unknowns, JP has traveled the world in search of truth, beauty, and goodness. JP has lived in France, Britain, India, and many cities across America.

Sherry Rentschler is a multi-award-winning, multi-genre author, writing coach and speaker. Currently, she has authored one photography book (I Wish You Joy), three books of poetry (Paper Bones, By Light Betrayed, Poetry of the Vampires; The Book of Now) and Midnight Assassin – A Tale of Lust and Revenge, a dark urban fantasy novella. Her most recent release, The Book of Now, is a compelling book of nonfiction poetry, issues taken from current events. On the horizon, is a workbook for writers who need help building a daily writing routine (projected Aug 2016), a fictional memoir (Nov 2016) and the summer of 2017, a vampire series A retired US Air Force non-combat veteran, Sherry Rentschler completed her bachelor and graduate degrees while serving her country. Her background includes bylines in newspapers and online journals, plus previous work as an assistant poetry editor for an online poetry journal, a freelance columnist, and photojournalist. Rentschler was a featured author in Southern Writers’ Magazine and in Focus on Women Magazine, as well as a featured guest speaker on numerous radio shows. Also, Rentschler is the Charlotte, NC regional Municipal Liaison for National Novel Writing Month, promoting writing and literacy for all ages.

Brie Warder is an American actress, director and entertainer from Florida. She was born in Princeton, New Jersey, but was quickly moved to Florida shortly following her birth. She grew up and attended school in Live Oak, Florida.  Her love for acting started at an early age, but did not take off until her freshman year of High School. She started in the entertainment industry as a radio DJ and merged into theater and independent films. She has acted in many High School and college projects and plays such as Hairspray and The Great Gatsby.  She recently acted in TB Punk Films' Viral 2, by Kapplan Bryant. She is currently pursuing a fine arts degree in film and theater through the University of Central Florida in Orlando. She has a passion for movies and plays as well as comical, fantasy, horror and Sci-Fi television shows, comic books and sports. Brie is the host of a weekly hashtag game on Twitter called “Five O’Clock Fridays”, or #5OClockFridays: Fridays at 5:00 PM ET. Brie looks forward to expanding her acting career with The Cosmic Vault. ___________________________________________ DIRECTOR  DAVID HERINGER Film: The Dybbuk David Heringer is an American author and director. He was born on a US Air Force base in Germany, but mostly raised in Live Oak, Florida. He is a full-time Events Coordinator and Co-Owner of Infinity Convention LLC. a comic book convention based in Lake City, FL. David has been in the entertainment business most of his life, starting with the music industry and eventually making his way to film business with The Cosmic Vault and Infinity Convention.

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cheapjack Pulp Magazine Plank owner in the Illiterati Writer's Collective Flash Fiction Editor Emeritus of Aphelion-The Webzine of Science Fiction and Fantasy Editor at Large of Aphelion-The Webzine of Science Fiction and Fantasy This is the pen name of author Ed Sullivan. The pen name is necessary so I don't get lost in a sea of search results which are not me when people are looking for my work. Please join my list. I do give aways, contests, and free content for my fans.

My name is CJ Plain, also known as The Music God. I am the host of 2 internet radio shows, The Mental Metal Trivia Show and 6 Ways 2 Sunday. Both are syndicated on a host of stations throughout the week. The Mental Metal Trivia Show is a 3 hour rock, metal, and punk oriented show.  6 Ways 2 Sunday is a 2 hour show that specializes in Southern Rock, Country, Blues, Folk, Americana, and Bluegrass style tunes.

Nik Kerry, 22, was raised in Ohio and from a young age, he knew he was destined to be a writer. A lover of many things creepy, he wrote his first novel when was in sixth grade and almost promptly burnt it. since then, he has always been trying to improve his craft. He won the VSA young Playwright competition in 2013, the same year his debut novel "Nevermore" was published. His second book, "Leavett's Asylum for Special Children" is set to come out in 2017.

Romarin Demetri, author and creative force, is a story crafter who loves black coffee and traveling abroad. When her characters come home in some sort of trouble, Demetri swears she didn’t invent it. Pulling from her Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology, her debut series, The Supernatural London Underground, is a blend of fantasy ground in reality and a world readers can truly escape to. As an eccentric and reader, she still enjoys creating the alternate reality in her urban fantasy series (more than anything!), and her interactive world waits for you at RomarinDemetri.com.

Gabriel Burns’s debut novel, 99 Souls, was published by TouchPoint Press in December 2016. He has worked as a writer and editor at Georgia newspapers. His short stories can be found in online publications like Wordhaus and Burial Day. And he has been a featured reader and Chicago’s prestigious Tuesday Funk and The Creeping Shudder. From Georgia State University he earned a B.S. in Journalism and from Southern Polytechnic State University an M.S. in Technical and Professional Communication. Although having lived in Bucharest, Prague, and Manchester, he currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

I was born in Port Huron, Michigan USA and moved to a suburb of Toronto, ON, Canada at age five.  My father was a technical writer and magazine editor while my mother was a high school teacher.  Always interested in creative writing, I participated in many contests in grammar school which led me to start writing my own short stories.  At age thirteen I began working on one, which kept developing and progressing until I had a hand-written manuscript for “Quest for the Red Sapphire” at age fifteen.  The project was shelved for many years through high school and then returning to the USA to attend Michigan State University.  I graduated with a degree in Communication and found that I had a gift and enthusiasm for speaking in public.  That led me to a career in furniture store management and sales.  With my first PC I dusted off my old story and began to revise it.  Not a day had passed since I first created the story that I did not consider some aspect of its outline.  An entire series was planned and put in order to be written.   Backstories were formed and the series was ready to produce.  After years of refinement of the stories, my mother came to me with a terminal illness and made me promise to publish the books.  So I did just that.